This
book clarifies the actual enrollment situation of primary school children in
Honduras since the late 1980s and the effects of Education for All on their
enrollment. This research used longitudinal data to trace each child from their
entrance in school to graduation/dropout, and conducted a true cohort analysis.
This data can possibly clarify individual children’s enrollment status and
consider cause-and-effect relationships of factors that influence enrollment.
This is a unique study that observed enrollment as a pattern and examined
changes over time. Based on empirical research, this research devised
recommendations for SDG4-Education 2030.

Women’s pro wrestling in Japan has been controlled by an organization of
which the members have only been women. Their bodies are unique, transformed
into a deviation from the ideal female body image in Japan to enable them
to engage in pro wrestling. In addition, through professional training,
they acquire “combat skills”. This kind of physique is different from the
body many women are encouraged to attain. This book suggests that women,
who are constrained by the “ideal female body” image or physical vulnerability,
can liberate themselves from this normative image through “physical feminism.

In this book, the postwar generation looks back on the experiences of two extended family members who were Prisoners of War in World War II in the Pacific. Their stories show sharp contrasts, as one was an American POW in Japanese camps, where the treatment of the POWs was harsh, and the other was a Japanese POW in American camps, where treatment of the POWs accorded with the guidelines set down in the Geneva Convention of 1929. Though neither of these men talked about the war very much, their stories were preserved in a written report and a lengthy interview, and visits to the places where they were during the war to see museums and monuments bring their stories to life.

This book consists of the author’s research papers of more than 10 years
about gender personality, mental health, and female-male relationships
and a newly written conclusion about “Japanese-style” gender personality.
Japanese researchers are eager to import foreign research, but seldom export,
as they write their papers in Japanese. This book can be expected to be
read by many researchers around the world, and it will contribute to a
deeper understanding about gender and its cultural factors.

Analysis of the Relationships Between Local Development NGOs and the Communities in Ethiopia: The case of the basic education sub-sector
Author: Yoshiko Tonegawa
Publishing date: February 28, 2014
Price: JPY 4,571.
ISBN: 978-4-946428-67-8
Size: 152×228 mm, Hardback
Page: 188

This book is eye-opening: full of new findings on the realities of Local
Development NGOs in Africa. Through the author’s exploration based on in-depth
field research in Ethiopia, complex realities are revealed – Local Development
NGOs are heavily burdened with “accountability” to the government and donors;
local stake-holders do not whole-heartedly welcome those NGOs but are in
a more business-like relation in which they act and react on their own.

This book is written about the transportation environment and related problems
for physically, hearing, and visually impaired people in Japan. Judgments
of each disability, support equipment for transportation, also the situation
of barrier-free conditions in the public transportation system according
to Japanese law, are explained including figures and illustrations. It
is compiled from the author’s actual research and experiments, and details
the transportation environment for handicapped people.

The purpose of this book is to illustrate what kind of educational disparity
is occurring in Laos and the causes of the disparity among ethnic groups.
It lays the groundwork for improving the educational access of minorities
and adapting multi-cultural education not only in Laos but also in other
multi-ethnic countries. This book is relevant to the academic disciplines
of comparative education, educational anthropology, multi-cultural education
and educational development.

In the 21st century, psychological sciences have to address a huge variety of issues such as aging, information processing in the brain, education, family and communication. This collection of 16 papers provides the reader with intriguing topics of modern psychology. Especially, the reader will understand what issues Japanese society is encountering through the researchers’ investigations. The research and discoveries described in this book must be useful and interesting for the reader.

This book is written according to the numerous numbers of analysis and
diagnosis through the Baum test conducted by the author. It is written
in a way that people involved in psychology and education can make references
easily when they conduct personality diagnosis. While references to the
index exhibited by Koch, the founder of Baum test, are made faithfully,
readers can fully understand the methods of analysis and diagnosis through
the author's experiences with the Baum test.

A scholarly book from New Research Initiatives in Humanities and Social
Sciences, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, aiming at exploring
new intellectual research domains. This collection of essays is a result
of an international collaboration focusing on Religion, Science and Sustainability.
It is an important contribution to Religious Studies, Anthropology and
now emerging Sustainability Studies.

This book is about the creation and development of the enterprise dynamism
of Honda Motor company, which started from a town factory after the war
and grew into a global enterprise. It analyzes the technology development
and production from the period of Honda’s establishment by Soichiro Honda
and Takeo Fujisawa to the present day and its current management. The book
information is a highly accurate history created through repeated interviews
with Honda personnel.

This book investigates the pre-war history of The Rafu Shimpo which is the oldest Japanese-American newspaper published in the U.S.A. It reveals an unusual history and characteristics of the paper that develped from a monolingual immigrant paper to a bilingual ethnic newspaper. The Rafu Shimpo captured the joys, sorrows, angers, and resentments of its readers. This book reveals the paper’s formation, development, and expansion as well as its dual characteristics as a bilingual newspaper.

A collection of hundreds of one-line Haiku and Senryu published during
the last fifteen years in the Haiku magazine “Shikai” and in various western
periodicals such as “The Time Literary Supplement”, “New Statement”, etc.
With an introductory essay on “The Monostich” by James Kirkup. Dengonban
is the green noticeboard found at railway stations in Japan, on which arriving
or departing travelers can inscribe for friends or relatives who may have
missed them or may be arriving later.

A collection of poems on the themes of Zen Buddhism, the Tao, the Birth
of Buddha, Han Shan and Shi Teh and others, with a poem essay, “A Good
Friday in Japan”, and an introduction by the author. The poems in this
book are also illusions, but their author believes that they may help others
seeking self-awareness, or relief from physical or mental pain. Zen Contemplations,
read by the author, is also available as a CD (90 minutes, Price: JPY 5,000).

This English version of Ze-ami’s Kadensho or the Flower Book by Professor Nobori Asaji has been edited for the first time of publication in Japan. It is hoped that the present volume will be an invaluable book of reference on the secrets and mysteries of the time-honored Noh Art of the Japanese people by all those who admire the art from both at home and abroad. With frontispieces: The spirit of iris flowers in Kakitsubata, Asura in Yashima, The Living-Phantasm in Aoi-no-ue, Okina Mask.